Robert MANGOLD   Four Columns I 2003 Set of 4 etchings and aquatints 31.375 x 20 inches Edition of 30 Four Columns II 2003 Set of 4 etchings and aquatints 31.375 x 20 inches Edition of 30 Throughout his career, Robert Mangold has been influenced by nearly every major artist of the post-war era. Born on October 12, 1937, Mangold enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1956 at the age of 18. One year later he attended the Carnegie International in Pittsburg, PA where he was exposed to the work of Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Adolph Gottlieb, Franz Kline and other leading Abstract Expressionists. Prior to this encounter Mangold had been primarily a naturalist painter but afterwards immediately changed his style to large-scale abstraction. In 1960 he began his studies at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture where he completed his Bachelor's degree and his Master's degree. Here he studied with Richard Serra, Nancy Graves, Brice Marden and his eventual wife, Sylvia Plimack. Upon graduation he and Sylvia moved to New York City where Mangold took a job as a guard at the Museum of Modern Art. Interestingly, Mangold became good friends with Sol Lewitt and Robert Ryman at this time, who were also working as guards at MOMA. Over the next four decades Mangold would become one of the preeminent modern American painters. His technique grew decidedly Minimalist, painting shapes and curvilinear lines on large-scale, solid color backgrounds. In addition to his painting, Mangold is an accomplished printmaker, having produced many editions in color silkscreen. Four Columns III 2003 Set of 4 etchings and aquatints 31.375 x 20 inches Edition of 30 Four Columns IV 2003 Set of 4 etchings and aquatints 31.375 x 20 inches Edition of 30
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